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the macleod news macleod alberta thursday october 18,1917 price cents vol 1 no so regular meeting town council ubovlas mxetiho of tows ooukozl the regular moeting of tho town coun cil was held at the town hall on monday evening last present mayor grier councillors mcdonald pearson andrews and secretary brown . the medical health officers report waa read by tho secretary and waa found to be very . satisfactory ho complained of the sewage outlet and mid it was not the town's fault that a typhoid epidemic did not break out also several people bad complained of the outhouses on dif ferent properties in macleod - he hod spoken to the chief of police who had seen to cao at once but in spite of this several of the places had not been at tended to and it was necessary that they be attended at once the fear of typhoid for this year was practically over although k would ' strongly recommend that both these nuisances be attended to before nort summer the isolation hospital had now been ifixed up and was m good shape supplying a very long felt want m the town there had only beon three canes of typroid m the post two months and all of these had come m from the coun try councillor macdonald : these complaints of the medical health officer should be attended to if help canot be obtained to remove tho refuse from these out houses they should bo sprinkled with chloride of lime or somo other such sub stance something should certainly be done the mayor : i havo spoken to tho chief of polico regarding this matter and will do so again and see what can be done j it these people don't get the stuff carted i away or removed they will have to bo | prosecuted . | a committee of three gentlemen repre senting the anglican church m macleod the roy cray mr a t leather and mr hutchins waited upon tho council and asked them whether they would ac cept 200.00 for the redemption of the church lots on 21et street and 2nd vs the taxes had not been paid and the lots had been aold to the town if the church could redeem these lots thoy would now bo able to keep up the taxes and no doubt would m the future bo able to erect a church that would be ft credit to the town v councillor macdonald : 1 - think ; we should accept thia offer of 200.00 at least i a m fovor of doing so the mayor i'll agree with mr mac donald that it seems only right to tho church to redeem these lot they are good to the town and no doubt the anglican church will improve these lots and make them a credit to the town it was decided to allow tho church of england m macleod to redeem these lots on the payment of 200.00 for back taxes ..'.- couiicillod andrews asked the mayor whether nothing could be done regard ing the very bad condition of the ap proach to the c.p.r depot everyone i wan complaining about it and ft'wm.a disgrace to tho town - . the mayor and council agreed with councillor adams and the secretary was instructed to write sup cotterill of the c.p.r lethbridge informing him of the bad condition of this approach and asking that it bo attendod to at once the usual grants for tho hospital and schools were ordered to bo paid also the monthly accounts as passed by the finance committee "".'. â€¢ â– ..â– â– '-! interestiho local baseball game i all interesting baseball game was | staged at the fair grounds on thanks giving day , between the high school i team of pincher creek and macleod high school tho result being madecd emerged victorious with a scoro of 18 to 9 Â„;â– ; watson and gardiner wero the battery for macleod and they certainly played a fine game gardiner catching and batting splendidly while watson . did oquahy woll as a whole uio.teain played well ferguson e;-charlton^and ! bain gc-itirig m some fine hitting the base-btealing of bain with boots that weighed about a ton is well worthy of note v aftor the game the boys wore enter tained at tho high school with a feed after which they departed m tho best of spirits the hash-slingers having appeased thoir appetites with the consolation that another local boy wounded j pte p calderwood another maclood boy has beon reported wounded ho enlisted at tho outbreak of tho war with a calgary battalion and has been over seas for ovor two years before enlisting he assisted his mother m running her ranch a few miles from maclood and was tery well known around town he is a brother of mr w cnlderwood formerly plasterer m maclood also latterly a lie-tiber of the r.n.w.m.p f â€” 1 they would havo a chance to get evon i ill the return game to be played at i pincher creek on the 20th ot this month the mnclood team lined up as follows bjrown if storey 3rd lewis cf gar diner c e charlton ist ferguson ss r charlton rf watson p bain 2nd by innings â€” p^chor creek ... 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 klucleod 0 5 3 1 2 3 2 2 x lb our ma val home defence ottawa oct 13 â€” besides the military organization hue maintains overseas can ftdi koepa up a considerable establish ment at home coast defences have to bej.looked after at halifax sydney que bec st john and eijquimault again canada has tho duty of guarding at home interment camps railway bridges etc requiring a large number of men besides j hospitals and camps ih addition to thib there is in homo waters the canadian naval service which since war began has absorbed 5,500 canadians as officers and men with its associated sorvices all under direct can adian control althonglig far removed from the cen tral seat of war canada is under the necessity of koeping up a healthy mili tary organization at home because this js'n world war and in its many ramified ti^oiib/*tt-iy^raj8e its horrid head iromsatiy point of the compass the first guarantee of efficient activity at the front is efficient organization and perfect order at home a-9 mclaughlin car record matching skill endurance speed and power of tho mclaughlin and studebaker cars two speed demons left calgary early the other morning and drove to cochrane and back a distance of 48 miles m 55.minutÂ«a tho mclaughlin owned by r l fowler won m spoctac uiar stylo by leaving tho studebaker owned by dr 11 b millican away be hind and on the return run met tho car four miles this side of cochrane it was one of the speediest contests on an ordinary country road over staged m the west and paul welch who piloted the mclaughlin hit up 70 miles an hour on the return drivo just ovor tho hill at cochrane tho roads were m fino shapo and welch only closed down on the throttle throe times m the whole drive r 11 parsons who drove dr millican's studebaker is a special man from the factory and he had a mechanic with him m the touring car parsons claimed that he had engine trouble and was stalled on the drive when welch and his mechanic fred pryce met tho stude baker cat on tho return they signalled for parsons to turn around and try the race back the studebaker man com plied but welch loft him away behind and arrived back at tho louise bridgo nine minutes ahead obstacle on road had it liot boon for a large herd of some 800 or 1,000 cattle blocking the roadway about six miles out of calgary there is little doubt but that the mc ilaughlin would have cut tho timo down to an average of almost a mile a minuto the match between theso two cars was brought about as the result of a chal lenge thrown out by dr mitlican to r l fowler that his studebaker could trim bob's mclaughlin there was over 1,000 np on the raco and several aide bets on time tho average speed was a mile m 1.14 minutes â€” the start was made at tho louise bridge at 1.18 and tho studebaker got tho lead from the officials but the mclaughlin soon caught up and passed the loader before they turned at the top of : the crchcont heights hill welch stepped right on the throttle all the way along and left parsons m the dust and away behind it before they came to the herd of cattle speoding along at the rate of a mile a minute welch's car caught x prairie chicken on the wing and killed it instantly on the return drive pryco picked the bird up and they have it it-t the mclaughlin garage now as a trophy the mclaughlin arrived back at 8.13 a.m sid mot finish parsons m the studebaker did not finish the raco at all as he turned back when welch met him on the return drivo four miles this side of cochrane he came m nino minutes behind the mc laughlin at louise bridge ... the mclaughlin touring car has a smaller engine being only 45 horse power while the studebaker is 55 welch had goodyear tires and firobrand tubos on his machine and tho studebaker used u.s tiros welch had only been m calgary for a few months coming hero from penn sylvania where he was employed by the buick firm for " over 16 years he is a clever driver and has plenty of nerve as was evidenced by the whirlwind speed : ing on the country road macleod u f a co~op association ltd farmers having cattle and hogs for sale should ship them through their association listings now being taken winter apples and shingles por sale this store is a most comprehensive store fit specializes â€” with intelligence i good taste and a wide experience j fit reform suits & overcoats | made *< to Â« measure the service we give â€” m goods and personal â€” is fine and satisfactory beyond the conception of the man who has never been here perhaps you are one of the men who don't know tho value of fit reform tailoring if so we would like you to see the fit reform styles â€” the beautiful patterns we cany by the dozens â€” and the fit reform method of hand-tailoring the most perfect solution of the problem of getttng perfect fitting why not come macleod u f a co-op ass'n ltd want ads lost red shorthorn dull about 4 years old branded 7f freversed on l r reward . phone r904 dancing tuition miss florence white member of the imperial society of dance teach ers will give lessons m latest steps m popular dances fox trota lon don taps two-two canter waltz etc etel for further particulars and terms apply miss florence white mcdonnell bkjck vacancies also lor a few piano pup pils for sale about 3 sections of excellent farming or ranching lands within a few miles of macleod 300 acres broken apply news office fqr salf two coal heaters nne large and one small both m goo-d con dition cheap apply r j e gardi ner macleod for sale ford car m good condition snappy snap for cash or trade apply doc stockton for sale young pigs ap toj beattie two miles south-east of macleod 50-2t-p wanted farm management practical stock and grain farmer of long experience desires position as manager of stock or grain farm or combination os both good ref erences wages to br arranged address box 25 care mncieod news 00-31-p wanted â€” a maid for nurses homo at oalt ilospi tal lethbridge two hours off duty every afternoon freo after 7 p.m every evening and ono afternoon a wook off after 2 p.m piano for ront good condition apply it b barnes store maclood alt wanted â€” general servant for houso work must be a good cook wagos 30.00 per month to good girl with raise if suitable apply r lantlnga box 211 macleod altu empress theatre mon.-tues october 22-23 cohan and harris 9 new york hit on trial featuring sydney ainsworth & little mary mcallister matinees at 2.30 evenings at s and 9.30 no advance in prices billie bvrke gloria's romance the voice on the wire shorty hamilton at the empress theatre to-morro w & saturday no advance in prices coning special engagement of billy oswald is tha a tac henpecked henry a musical farce m^t^^^r empress mon oct 29th

the macleod news macleod alberta thursday october 18,1917 price cents vol 1 no so regular meeting town council ubovlas mxetiho of tows ooukozl the regular moeting of tho town coun cil was held at the town hall on monday evening last present mayor grier councillors mcdonald pearson andrews and secretary brown . the medical health officers report waa read by tho secretary and waa found to be very . satisfactory ho complained of the sewage outlet and mid it was not the town's fault that a typhoid epidemic did not break out also several people bad complained of the outhouses on dif ferent properties in macleod - he hod spoken to the chief of police who had seen to cao at once but in spite of this several of the places had not been at tended to and it was necessary that they be attended at once the fear of typhoid for this year was practically over although k would ' strongly recommend that both these nuisances be attended to before nort summer the isolation hospital had now been ifixed up and was m good shape supplying a very long felt want m the town there had only beon three canes of typroid m the post two months and all of these had come m from the coun try councillor macdonald : these complaints of the medical health officer should be attended to if help canot be obtained to remove tho refuse from these out houses they should bo sprinkled with chloride of lime or somo other such sub stance something should certainly be done the mayor : i havo spoken to tho chief of polico regarding this matter and will do so again and see what can be done j it these people don't get the stuff carted i away or removed they will have to bo | prosecuted . | a committee of three gentlemen repre senting the anglican church m macleod the roy cray mr a t leather and mr hutchins waited upon tho council and asked them whether they would ac cept 200.00 for the redemption of the church lots on 21et street and 2nd vs the taxes had not been paid and the lots had been aold to the town if the church could redeem these lots thoy would now bo able to keep up the taxes and no doubt would m the future bo able to erect a church that would be ft credit to the town v councillor macdonald : 1 - think ; we should accept thia offer of 200.00 at least i a m fovor of doing so the mayor i'll agree with mr mac donald that it seems only right to tho church to redeem these lot they are good to the town and no doubt the anglican church will improve these lots and make them a credit to the town it was decided to allow tho church of england m macleod to redeem these lots on the payment of 200.00 for back taxes ..'.- couiicillod andrews asked the mayor whether nothing could be done regard ing the very bad condition of the ap proach to the c.p.r depot everyone i wan complaining about it and ft'wm.a disgrace to tho town - . the mayor and council agreed with councillor adams and the secretary was instructed to write sup cotterill of the c.p.r lethbridge informing him of the bad condition of this approach and asking that it bo attendod to at once the usual grants for tho hospital and schools were ordered to bo paid also the monthly accounts as passed by the finance committee "".'. â€¢ â– ..â– â– '-! interestiho local baseball game i all interesting baseball game was | staged at the fair grounds on thanks giving day , between the high school i team of pincher creek and macleod high school tho result being madecd emerged victorious with a scoro of 18 to 9 Â„;â– ; watson and gardiner wero the battery for macleod and they certainly played a fine game gardiner catching and batting splendidly while watson . did oquahy woll as a whole uio.teain played well ferguson e;-charlton^and ! bain gc-itirig m some fine hitting the base-btealing of bain with boots that weighed about a ton is well worthy of note v aftor the game the boys wore enter tained at tho high school with a feed after which they departed m tho best of spirits the hash-slingers having appeased thoir appetites with the consolation that another local boy wounded j pte p calderwood another maclood boy has beon reported wounded ho enlisted at tho outbreak of tho war with a calgary battalion and has been over seas for ovor two years before enlisting he assisted his mother m running her ranch a few miles from maclood and was tery well known around town he is a brother of mr w cnlderwood formerly plasterer m maclood also latterly a lie-tiber of the r.n.w.m.p f â€” 1 they would havo a chance to get evon i ill the return game to be played at i pincher creek on the 20th ot this month the mnclood team lined up as follows bjrown if storey 3rd lewis cf gar diner c e charlton ist ferguson ss r charlton rf watson p bain 2nd by innings â€” p^chor creek ... 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 klucleod 0 5 3 1 2 3 2 2 x lb our ma val home defence ottawa oct 13 â€” besides the military organization hue maintains overseas can ftdi koepa up a considerable establish ment at home coast defences have to bej.looked after at halifax sydney que bec st john and eijquimault again canada has tho duty of guarding at home interment camps railway bridges etc requiring a large number of men besides j hospitals and camps ih addition to thib there is in homo waters the canadian naval service which since war began has absorbed 5,500 canadians as officers and men with its associated sorvices all under direct can adian control althonglig far removed from the cen tral seat of war canada is under the necessity of koeping up a healthy mili tary organization at home because this js'n world war and in its many ramified ti^oiib/*tt-iy^raj8e its horrid head iromsatiy point of the compass the first guarantee of efficient activity at the front is efficient organization and perfect order at home a-9 mclaughlin car record matching skill endurance speed and power of tho mclaughlin and studebaker cars two speed demons left calgary early the other morning and drove to cochrane and back a distance of 48 miles m 55.minutÂ«a tho mclaughlin owned by r l fowler won m spoctac uiar stylo by leaving tho studebaker owned by dr 11 b millican away be hind and on the return run met tho car four miles this side of cochrane it was one of the speediest contests on an ordinary country road over staged m the west and paul welch who piloted the mclaughlin hit up 70 miles an hour on the return drivo just ovor tho hill at cochrane tho roads were m fino shapo and welch only closed down on the throttle throe times m the whole drive r 11 parsons who drove dr millican's studebaker is a special man from the factory and he had a mechanic with him m the touring car parsons claimed that he had engine trouble and was stalled on the drive when welch and his mechanic fred pryce met tho stude baker cat on tho return they signalled for parsons to turn around and try the race back the studebaker man com plied but welch loft him away behind and arrived back at tho louise bridgo nine minutes ahead obstacle on road had it liot boon for a large herd of some 800 or 1,000 cattle blocking the roadway about six miles out of calgary there is little doubt but that the mc ilaughlin would have cut tho timo down to an average of almost a mile a minuto the match between theso two cars was brought about as the result of a chal lenge thrown out by dr mitlican to r l fowler that his studebaker could trim bob's mclaughlin there was over 1,000 np on the raco and several aide bets on time tho average speed was a mile m 1.14 minutes â€” the start was made at tho louise bridge at 1.18 and tho studebaker got tho lead from the officials but the mclaughlin soon caught up and passed the loader before they turned at the top of : the crchcont heights hill welch stepped right on the throttle all the way along and left parsons m the dust and away behind it before they came to the herd of cattle speoding along at the rate of a mile a minute welch's car caught x prairie chicken on the wing and killed it instantly on the return drive pryco picked the bird up and they have it it-t the mclaughlin garage now as a trophy the mclaughlin arrived back at 8.13 a.m sid mot finish parsons m the studebaker did not finish the raco at all as he turned back when welch met him on the return drivo four miles this side of cochrane he came m nino minutes behind the mc laughlin at louise bridge ... the mclaughlin touring car has a smaller engine being only 45 horse power while the studebaker is 55 welch had goodyear tires and firobrand tubos on his machine and tho studebaker used u.s tiros welch had only been m calgary for a few months coming hero from penn sylvania where he was employed by the buick firm for " over 16 years he is a clever driver and has plenty of nerve as was evidenced by the whirlwind speed : ing on the country road macleod u f a co~op association ltd farmers having cattle and hogs for sale should ship them through their association listings now being taken winter apples and shingles por sale this store is a most comprehensive store fit specializes â€” with intelligence i good taste and a wide experience j fit reform suits & overcoats | made *< to Â« measure the service we give â€” m goods and personal â€” is fine and satisfactory beyond the conception of the man who has never been here perhaps you are one of the men who don't know tho value of fit reform tailoring if so we would like you to see the fit reform styles â€” the beautiful patterns we cany by the dozens â€” and the fit reform method of hand-tailoring the most perfect solution of the problem of getttng perfect fitting why not come macleod u f a co-op ass'n ltd want ads lost red shorthorn dull about 4 years old branded 7f freversed on l r reward . phone r904 dancing tuition miss florence white member of the imperial society of dance teach ers will give lessons m latest steps m popular dances fox trota lon don taps two-two canter waltz etc etel for further particulars and terms apply miss florence white mcdonnell bkjck vacancies also lor a few piano pup pils for sale about 3 sections of excellent farming or ranching lands within a few miles of macleod 300 acres broken apply news office fqr salf two coal heaters nne large and one small both m goo-d con dition cheap apply r j e gardi ner macleod for sale ford car m good condition snappy snap for cash or trade apply doc stockton for sale young pigs ap toj beattie two miles south-east of macleod 50-2t-p wanted farm management practical stock and grain farmer of long experience desires position as manager of stock or grain farm or combination os both good ref erences wages to br arranged address box 25 care mncieod news 00-31-p wanted â€” a maid for nurses homo at oalt ilospi tal lethbridge two hours off duty every afternoon freo after 7 p.m every evening and ono afternoon a wook off after 2 p.m piano for ront good condition apply it b barnes store maclood alt wanted â€” general servant for houso work must be a good cook wagos 30.00 per month to good girl with raise if suitable apply r lantlnga box 211 macleod altu empress theatre mon.-tues october 22-23 cohan and harris 9 new york hit on trial featuring sydney ainsworth & little mary mcallister matinees at 2.30 evenings at s and 9.30 no advance in prices billie bvrke gloria's romance the voice on the wire shorty hamilton at the empress theatre to-morro w & saturday no advance in prices coning special engagement of billy oswald is tha a tac henpecked henry a musical farce m^t^^^r empress mon oct 29th